[rise13eyond]

Apparently I've baffled everyone my entire life. Teachers never knew how to handle me, my family just thought I was weird. I'm pretty much used to people calling me weird. The thing is I just never really knew why...Sometimes it's a great thing. Other times it's very lonely. Not many people have my special brand of crazy, even among those with MI or multiple MIs. Apparently my parents have been taking me to psychologists since I was 5. All they ever managed to conclude was that I am very creative. Now everyone had just come to the conclusion that I think differently from everyone else. My brain just does not work like the rest of the world. I guess it's both a good and a bad thing at times. I decided I just like to think that I'm some kind of superhuman or not human at all. (That's not a delusion or anything it's just a more pleasant thought than thinking I'm a freak).

[SeekerOfLife]

Me too...

[MickeyCheeky]

I can relate...

[Miss P]

Wish we could hang out...I relate to this as well

[rise13eyond]

Originally Posted by Miss P

Wish we could hang out...I relate to this as well

XD well we could still talk...technically. I wondered if anyone here could say they could relate. I've noticed over the years that I do in fact think different from the people around me. Not just things like oh we have different opinions. No, we arrive to conclusions in completely different ways. We respond to things differently. And so forth.

[mugwort2]

I can relate too. I think of myself as a beautiful freak of nature. By this I mean I am different but its cool to be different. Being the same as everyone is so uncool.

[Fuzzybear]

I’m “just” a normal bear.. almost nobody understands me though

And my PUS did not even bother to take me to shrinks

They baffled me.. they baffle me still. They don’t listen .. they never will..

I always baffled the teachers, so many wrong labels I could swim in them

And the “professionals” don’t give a ****

And ...
...............

[WinterWolf]

Why would you want to be anything like the "normies" who are hellbent on destroying everything good and decent about the world?

[darkmount]

I've been dealing with the same thing for 42 years. Four decades of being treated like I'm the weird one because I can't agree with a society of hedonistic degenerates. Surrounded by people who think they can just slap my shoes on and understand me without asking about my bunions and blisters.
One thing to keep in mind is progress. Today's average is tomorrow's obsolete. Homo Erectus probably thought the first Sapien was just a punk. Are we perfect? Are we gods? No. Obviously not. But I find we're the ones that try. We're they ones that acknowledge or shortcomings and question. Look to improve. And that will separate us. But it's better to be alone than surrounded by people who just want you to fit into a mold designed eons ago.

[Amedley71]

I'm always drawn to the unique. The 'weird'. They are the people who teach me the most.

[possum220]

I would love to be creative.

Who knows what normal is but despite that many of us want to be classified as 'normal'. I was seeing my p'doc this week and I told him that I just wanted to be "normal". His response...... "well you're not normal". Least he is honest. Least he is not calling me possessed.

[aonia]

I can relate, but maybe we just need to embrace the way we are, dont let the words shape us, we shape the word that fits to us.

[piggy momma]

My doctor told me Im a mastery and it will take any professional working with me at least five years to even start to figure me out. I'm not sure if it was an insult or a compliment.

I'm starting to look into psychological testing to get some answers on some things. They can't answer anything, but maybe the can provide a glimpse. Maybe that's an option for you?

[WishfulThinker66]

For 40 years I thought this too. Then, upon diagnosis (bipolar) I realised that - yay! - there was a whole community to which I belonged.

Originally Posted by rise13eyond

My brain just does not work like the rest of the world. I guess it's both a good and a bad thing at times. I decided I just like to think that I'm some kind of superhuman or not human at all. (That's not a delusion or anything it's just a more pleasant thought than thinking I'm a freak).

Yup. But for me the issue is that I am not like others in a way that is not "cool". I don't fit - so far, a lot.

[xmascarol]

Originally Posted by rise13eyond

Apparently I've baffled everyone my entire life. Teachers never knew how to handle me, my family just thought I was weird. I'm pretty much used to people calling me weird. The thing is I just never really knew why...Sometimes it's a great thing. Other times it's very lonely. Not many people have my special brand of crazy, even among those with MI or multiple MIs. Apparently my parents have been taking me to psychologists since I was 5. All they ever managed to conclude was that I am very creative. Now everyone had just come to the conclusion that I think differently from everyone else. My brain just does not work like the rest of the world. I guess it's both a good and a bad thing at times. I decided I just like to think that I'm some kind of superhuman or not human at all. (That's not a delusion or anything it's just a more pleasant thought than thinking I'm a freak).

I feel the same way. Almost like I am not long for this world. why us why???